Sidney Poitier

He had little formal education and at the age of 15 was sent to Miami to live with his brother in order. With the death of Maximilian Schell on February 1 2014 he is the earliest surviving actor to have won the Academy Award for Best Actor.


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Sidney Poitier was born Sir Sidney Poiter to mother Evelyn and father Reginald James Poitier on February 20 1927.

. The world is saddened by the news of the death of Sidney Poitier. Sidney Poitier the renowned Hollywood actor director and activist who commanded the screen reshaped the culture and paved the way for countless other Black actors with stirring performances in. He won the Best Leading Actor Oscar at the 36th Academy Awards for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.

1 day agoSidney Poitier and John Cassavetes in 1957s Edge of the City Getty Images While Poitiers career is legendary his private life wasnt as glamorous. 1 day agoSidney Poitier was the first black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Leading Actor. Upon learning of his death tributes immediately.

His ethnicity is Afro-Bahamian. 1 day agoSidney Poitier whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywoods first Black movie star and the first Black man to. Sidney Poitier has died aged 94.

His breakthrough role was Blackboard Jungle in 1955 it was the first of many in his prolific career. His parents were the poor Bahamian farmers who lived in Cat Island and used to sell tomatoes in Miami. A native of Cat Island the Bahamas although born two months prematurely in Miami during a visit by his parents Poitier grew up in poverty as the son of farmers Evelyn nee Outten and Reginald James Poitier who also drove a cab.

Poitier was 44 years old at the time. In the Heat of the Night. The news was announced by the Bahamian minister of foreign affairs Fred Mitchell prompting tributes from.

He received his award for playing Homer Smith in Lilies of the Field 1963 at The 36th Annual Academy Awards 1964. He was born in Miami when his parents were there to sell off their tomatoes. 19 hours agoSidney Poitier Will Forever Be an Icon.

The late actor died at age 94 on Jan. The Hollywood star was known for films including Guess Whos Coming to Dinner In the Heat of the Night and Lilies of the Field for which he became the first Black and Bahamian man to win a Best Actor Oscar.


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